The effectiveness of written emotional disclosure training on psychological well-being and quality of life in psychosomatic disorders

This research was conducted with the aim to increase psychological well-being and quality of life through emotional discharge with written structure in psychosomatic disorders. In this study, after implementing comprehensive well-being and quality of life questionnaires, 40 participants with psychosomatic disorder were selected among people attending Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran, Iran, based on convenience sampling and reviewing inclusion/exclusion criteria and were assigned into two experimental and control groups. Following written emotional disclosure, the analysis of research data using statistical SPSS-16 software and statistical test analysis of covariance showed that the emotional disclosure with written structure can lead to a significant increase in quality of life, physical health as well as psychological well-being in the experimental group subjects compared to the control group. So, emotional disclosure can help improve quality of life and psychological well- being and improve physical health of people through destroying inhibitory process of emotions in the long term.